Yellowhammer News just heard in the hallway that the weekly newspaper owned by State Rep. Craig Ford, I-Gadsden, apparently removed a favorable reference to his Republican opponent that appeared in a statewide syndicated column it carries. The column, Inside the Statehouse by Steve Flowers, was issued online February 28 and — between mentions of the […]

    Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: OSCAR VIEWERSHIP IS DOWN, BUT VIRTUE SIGNALING IS UP TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you back to last Sunday night. It was the 90th edition of the Oscars. I have to admit I did not watch it, but I’ve done a lot […]

    Dauphin Island officials say the Alabama resort town has largely recovered from hurricane damage and is preparing to host vacationers as spring break season begins. Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier says one of the four public beaches remains closed, but the rest of the town is “up and running” and set for spring […]

President Trump announced last week that he would seek tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. What will the impacts of these tariffs be, and do they constitute wise policy?A tariff is a tax imposed on items imported to the U.S. The proposed 25 and 10 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum will make imported metals […]

    A lawyer for an Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted after staffers could not connect an intravenous line argued Monday that his client should not face a second date in the death chamber. Attempting to execute Doyle Lee Hamm a second time would violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual […]

    In today’s world of texting and instant messaging, soft skills are still important. High school students will need to have a firm grasp of these concepts to ensure their future career success in the highly competitive job market. The young people will be America’s future workforce. By the year 2022, the U.S. Bureau […]

The city of Mobile will get an infusion of $40 million to help with some environmental projects. The monies assigned come from a trust fund created by civil penalties from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The projects to be addressed include watershed restoration, a cross-city greenway and welcome center. Four projects in Fairhope will get […]

    Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is an anti-Semite. This isn’t in question. It’s a fact, and one the minister continues to underscore with each speech. Last week, he spoke before the 2018 Saviours’ Day event in Chicago. He stated: “White folks are going down. And Satan is going down. And Farrakhan, by […]

    Authorities said they are investigating a fatal shooting at an Alabama high school as apparently accidental, lamenting the death of a 17-year-old female student in the incident that also left a 17-year-old boy injured. Birmingham Interim Police Chief Orlando Wilson said investigators are seeking to piece together the exact circumstances surrounding Wednesday afternoon’s shooting at […]

The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. Birmingham school shooting brings out all the irrelevant cliches — A 17-year-old Huffman High School senior was killed and another injured when a gun went off in the school, they are calling it an accident. — Gov. Kay Ivey declared schools should be gun free and […]

Editor’s note: This is a round-up of the day’s major events in Montgomery. Republican legislative leaders in Alabama on Thursday continued to execute the election-year game plan they set for the legislative session — no frills, no controversy and get home in plenty of time to campaign for re-election. Committees in the state House of […]

Alabama moved closer to allowing death row inmates to be executed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used to execute someone. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill Wednesday. It now moves to the full House of Representatives for a possible floor vote. The bill by Sen. Trip Pittman would allow execution by […]

The U.S. Department of Justice sued California Tuesday over provisions of state law, which allegedly inhibit the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The lawsuit is the first salvo in a new federal effort to aggressively enforce immigration statutes. The suit names California, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra as defendants. The […]

If you only read U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell’s resume, it might be tempting to assume she grew up with connections and privilege. She went to Princeton University for her undergraduate degree. She went to Oxford University for her master’s degree. She went to Harvard Law School for her doctorate in law and began her legal […]

    A man has been killed in a standoff with Alabama authorities after he shot at deputies attempting to serve him an eviction notice. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office released few details at a Tuesday news conference on the Monday death of 66-year-old Robert Lewis Yates. AL.com reports a SWAT team entered Yates’ home at 6:30 p.m., about five […]

REELTOWN – A small community in eastern Alabama is home to the nation’s only commercial golden kiwifruit orchard, an innovative operation that could lead the way in establishing a new specialty crop for growers across the Southeastern U.S. The Southeast Kiwi Farming Cooperative, established in 2014 and located in Tallapoosa and Macon counties, grows varieties […]

No matter the size of the business, the number of workers it employs, or the industry it supports, workplace safety is the responsibility and should be a chief priority of all businesses. Every worker deserves a safe and healthy workplace. As Chairman of the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee, I recently convened a hearing to examine […]

Alabama lawmakers may require more secure covers on restaurant grease pits after a little girl’s death in Auburn. The House of Representatives voted 99-0 for the bill that would require locking manhole covers on the traps. The bill is named the Sadie Grace Andrews Act after the 3-year-old who died in the accident last year. […]

    After the latest school shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, legislators around the country declared this would never happen again. Ideas in the Alabama Legislature include allowing teachers to carry, banning all semi-automatic weapons, raising the age to purchase a gun to 21, and spending more on security. Governor Kay […]

    A man with a rifle stormed into an Alabama restaurant Wednesday morning and opened fire, killing the owner and wounding three other people, authorities said. The suspect entered the City Grill in the east Alabama town of Hurtsboro, yelled out the name of the owner and started firing a .22-caliber rifle, Russell County Sheriff Heath […]

    (Opinion) Help wanted: Alabama-based sports blog with liberal bias actively seeks candidates to join Facebook group for month-long “moderated” discussion about guns. As part of its ongoing effort to make the world a better place, AL(dot)com announced a new initiative on Tuesday to get to the bottom of this whole gun thing once […]

    SEC coaches have selected Tennessee forward Grant Williams is the Southeastern Conference player of the year and Volunteers coach Rick Barnes is the coach of the year. The coaches also named Alabama’s Collin Sexton and Kentucky’s Kevin Knox as co-freshmen of the year. South Carolina’s Chris Silva and Texas A&M’s Robert Williams were […]

    Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PUTS MONEY INTO ABSTINENCE EDUCATION TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, there are a number of stories I want to take you to today, which come out of CNS News, Life News, World Magazine and The Daily Wire. They deal with the pro-life movement and […]

    Weeks after a deadly school shooting in Florida, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that she is creating a school safety council to make recommendations on securing schools. At a Tuesday news conference, Ivey said the council will seek to make sure that schools have an updated security response plan and training as well as plans for […]